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News

• Swansea City hire Bob Bradley after sacking manager Francesco Guidolin this came out of the blue


• Bob Bradley: American coach who took the long road to the Premier League Good read


• Furious Swansea City Supporters' Trust hit out at club as deep internal split emerges in wake of Guidolin axing The trust still owns 21 percent of the club and got assurances that they'd be a part of key decisions. This appointment came as news to him, and they're angry that Guidolin got fired on his birthday


• Marotta: 'Juventus will return for Witsel' interesting


• AC Milan teenager Manuel Locatelli scores first ever Serie A goal from 25 yards - then bursts into TEARS d'awww


• World Cup could expand to 48 teams, Fifa’s Gianni Infantino suggests I knew Euro 2016 would open a Pandora's box. WTF is this?

Pictures

Can you see this?

Koscienly kinda looks like Clatteburg to me, tbh


Football confessions

I need to get caught up

SMH

OP: Done! Sorry about this being late, but cheers jeers, corrections and commentary pushback, you know the drill!

Comments

[benfica69.livejournal.com]

That Pizza looks just like PEP.
Awesome !!!

[funhouse.livejournal.com]

it is rather uncanny, isnt it?

[izaguirre.livejournal.com]

13 year old Karamoko Dembele made his debut for Celtic U20s tonight. #BrightFuture (https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrightFuture?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/llMxhwv4kE (https://t.co/llMxhwv4kE)

— Soccer AM (@SoccerAM) October 3, 2016 (https://twitter.com/SoccerAM/status/783052858103037952)

I know I'm getting auld, and footballers are getting younger, but this is just taking this piss lmao.

where's Dembele from?

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

Born in Scotland, or is it an imported talent/academy situation ala Man City?

RE: where's Dembele from?

[izaguirre.livejournal.com]

In an article it said he was born in the Ivory Coast, but his family moved to Scotland when he was little. :)

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

So Tuchel went in on Neverkusen for committing fouls? I mean, Ginter did get his eyebrow cut after Calhanoglu's boot caught him. Anyway, every manager will question the other team's physical approach after a loss, nothing new here.

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

LOL, I agree.

[lady-teazle.livejournal.com]

Yes, I saw this yesterday, and thought WTF?! He looked like he was 8. Good luck kid, stay disciplined and avoid the hype, if you can.

[lady-teazle.livejournal.com]

LMAO @ the Xhaka confession. :D

The pizza: well, it makes a change from seeing Jesus. Yeah, I can see it, sort've. Dude, next time order a pizza with more toppings. Honestly. *eyeroll*

[marsyke.livejournal.com]

Truly artistic

[givemedaughters.livejournal.com]

It's a hard-knock life: MLS players on commercial air travel burnout (http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-galaxy-travel-20161003-snap-story.html). TIL the MLS is the only major professional sports league in the US whose teams don't fly charter.
The Galaxy’s 17 regular-season road games will require the team to fly more than 38,000 miles in 2016, farther than 22 Major League Baseball teams traveled — on charter flights — this year.

Three MLS teams — Vancouver, Seattle and Houston — will fly more than 40,000 miles, with 16 of Vancouver’s flights including connections.

Arena says that’s a big reason why road teams have won just 60 of 316 MLS games this season, a winning percentage of 19%. Portland, the defending MLS Cup champion, is winless in 16 road games, and two other teams have won just once.

Even college football teams fly charter!
Charters also fly on the team’s schedule, not an airline’s. So while the Kings, Angels and Dodgers — and the USC and UCLA football teams, which also charter their flights — can be home hours after a road game, the Galaxy must wait until the next day.